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      Sue,
       
      I think Dent did some work on it and found that 
      the major Hump for retirement of Baby Boomers
      is around 2009/2010 with a minor hiccup
      in 2002. His ideas was that they  were in accumulation 
      phase
      2003 to 2009. 
       
      What he didn't factor in was that the 20 somethings would come 
      in
      and sell all the baby boomers and their Fund Managers on InterNet 
      stocks,
      make themselves rich and then send the InterNet companies down the 
      toilet.
      A massive suck in - amusingly enough some of these companies used 
      Dent's
      books (and ideas at seminars) to promote stock ownership in the baby 
      boomers.
       
      A friend of mine is selling one of the best houses in our suburb 
      (beautiful waterfront)The only people who are in the running are late 
      20's who floated Inter Net Companies
      that are now bust! You would normally expect older buyers for that 
      price range.There has been a massive wealth transfer. And you are 
      right the economy 
      may not be the same again for a few years.
       
      
      Warmest 
      Regards
      David 
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      1Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 12:51:58 +1000From: sue crew <<A 
      href="mailto:screwy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>screwy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Subject: 
      Re: 10 Year Stock Market PerspectiveWhat about the ageing 
      population? In my mind this is what is going to keep the stock market 
      down for years.Bonds , Annuity income and low risk returns will be 
      king. Risk aversion and wealth protection are the key, notwealth 
      creation , particularly when we talk about the masses.InDJIA went 
      from 3,406.99 to 9,709.79 or up 185% annualized at 
      11.04%>>>>>>> Nas went from 589.93 to 
      1,562.56 or up 164.8% annualized at 
      10.23%>>>>>>> S&P 500 went from 
      414.59 to 1040.68 or up 151.01% annualized at 
      9.64%>>>>>>> Wilshire 500 went from 
      4,024.34 to 9,865.09 or up 145.14% annualized >>> at 
      9.38%>>>>>>> Inflation [CPI] went from 
      140.20 to 179.80 or up 28.25% annualized at >>> 
      2.52%>>>>>>> It is entirely within some 
      realm of possibility that the worst case >>> scenario on the 
      DJIA may play out but one must look at the odds. From >>> 
      studies I recall major bear markets can last up to 17 years and we 
      >>> have not had too many of those. Most recent bear markets 
      have been of >>> shorter duration as low as 9 months to 3 
      years.>>>>>>> When pessimism is that 
      great it is an extreme. There are 3 things I >>> have learned 
      that I think apply here.>>>>>>> 1. Do not 
      fight the Fed>>>>>>> 2. Do not fight the 
      trend>>>>>>> 3. Beware the crowd at 
      extremes.>>>>>>> I give credit to 
      Wachovia for the bulk of this 
      info.>>>>>>> 
      Sincerely,>>>>>>> 
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      2Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 05:12:44 -0000From: "bondo92677" <<A 
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      Re: 10 Year Stock Market Perspective> >>> 1. Do not 
      fight the FedAll the monetary aggregates are significantly lower 
      since Dec 2001. > >>>> >> >>> 2. 
      Do not fight the trendThe trend is clearly down for the past 2 and 
      a half years. In fact the SPX and NDX haven't been this low since 
      1997. That's half of the 10 year pespective.> 
      >>>> >> >>> 3. Beware the crowd at 
      extremes.Everyone is still looking to buy. Although the VIX spiked 
      a bit, the put/calls really haven't done much. Are any of the high 
      profile gurus (Biggs, AJCohen, Galvin, Stack, Harding, etc) bearish 
      here? Nope.--- In <A 
      href="mailto:realtraders@xxxx,";>realtraders@xxxx, sue crew 
      <screwy@xxxx> wrote:> What about the ageing population? In my 
      mind this is what is going to > keep the stock market down for 
      years.> Bonds , Annuity income and low risk returns will be king. 
      Risk aversion > and wealth protection are the key, not> 
      wealth creation , particularly when we talk about the masses.> 
      > Infernal Elk wrote:> > >john, if you look at the 
      major averages since march 2000, you might> >say that we've 
      ALREADY been in a bear market for at least 2 years. so> >the 
      low end of the duration you cite (9 months) is already out of 
      the> >question.> >> >apart from reciting 
      a bunch of statistics, what are you saying here?> >what 
      "odds" are you referring to? what period(s) are you comparing> 
      >against? > >> >- *lk> >> 
      >> >>> I can not comment on the DJIA forecast but I do 
      know this:> >>>> >> >>> 6/3/92 
      to 6/3/02> >>>> >> >>> DJIA went 
      from 3,406.99 to 9,709.79 or up 185% annualized at 11.04%> 
      >>>> >> >>> Nas went from 589.93 to 
      1,562.56 or up 164.8% annualized at 10.23%> 
      >>>> >> >>> S&P 500 went from 
      414.59 to 1040.68 or up 151.01% annualized at 9.64%> 
      >>>> >> >>> Wilshire 500 went from 
      4,024.34 to 9,865.09 or up 145.14% annualized > >>> at 
      9.38%> >>>> >> >>> Inflation 
      [CPI] went from 140.20 to 179.80 or up 28.25% annualized at > 
      >>> 2.52%> >>>> >> >>> 
      It is entirely within some realm of possibility that the worst case 
      > >>> scenario on the DJIA may play out but one must look 
      at the odds. From > >>> studies I recall major bear 
      markets can last up to 17 years and we > >>> have not 
      had too many of those. Most recent bear markets have been of > 
      >>> shorter duration as low as 9 months to 3 years.> 
      >>>> >> >>> When pessimism is that 
      great it is an extreme. There are 3 things I > >>> 
      have learned that I think apply here.> >>>> 
      >> >>> 1. Do not fight the Fed> 
      >>>> >> >>> 2. Do not fight the 
      trend> >>>> >> >>> 3. Beware the 
      crowd at extremes.> >>>> >> >>> 
      I give credit to Wachovia for the bulk of this info.> 
      >>>> >> >>> Sincerely,> 
      >>>> >> >>> John> 
      >>>> >> >> >> >> 
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      3Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 00:51:41 -0700From: BobsKC <<A 
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      4Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 23:12:56 -0700From: "Gary Funck" <<A 
      href="mailto:gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx";>gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Subject: RE: 
      10 Year Stock Market PerspectiveBob wrote (in part):With each 
      passing week, I see more and more truly good values in the 
      equitymarket but I still see many others which are priced far beyond 
      any reasonablecommon sense.Would you please name a few stocks 
      that you feel offer good value at this pointin time? I've read they're 
      out there, but when I look for them, it seems to methat the quality 
      stocks are still 
      expensive.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Message: 
      5Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 10:02:42 -0400From: Daniel Goncharoff 
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      Re: 10 Year Stock Market PerspectiveI don't think we can make a 
      bottom until the investing public identifiesan alternative to the 
      stock market. There is still too much latentoptimism to stock prices 
      for a real long term bottom to form. What do Imean by latent optimism? 
      A good example is the use of long term returnsin excess of fixed 
      income returns (ie, 'higher' equity-based returns) inthe assumptions 
      used by corporate pension funds. IOW, we don't hit along term bottom 
      until bonds are again seen as safer than stocks.The growing 
      federal deficit may help bring this to pass, as increasingdebt raises 
      LT interest rates while hurting corporate earnings.Another problem 
      in making a bottom in the US is the poor economicperformance in the 
      rest of the world. For all the excitement caused bythe return to 
      parity between the euro and the dollar, the reality herein Europe is 
      that the economy sucks. The situation here is much worsethan in the 
      US, with less flexibility to find a solution. The rest ofthe world is 
      providing little help, except maybe South Korea. The kindof scenario 
      we need to really bottom in the US is for a dramatic surgein 
      confidence in places like Turkey, Russia and China. Otherwise, toomuch 
      foreign money will stay invested here.JMHODanGBobsKC 
      wrote:> > Many of the 50-60 folks who are coming into 
      retirement have had most> of their savings chewed up by this bear 
      market and they won't give up> trying to get it back. For a 30 year 
      old, bonds could be a viable> solution but when you have 5 years 
      left to work and your retirement> has gone from $500K to $50K, you 
      will try to get it back and there are> two legal means to do that. 
      The markets and Vegas. Add to this the> current interest rate 
      returns and people are faced with less income> than the real 
      inflation rate. The excesses of the 90's are being> wrung out but 
      it isn't a fast process and it most certainly isn't a> painless 
      process. With each passing week, I see more and more truly> good 
      values in the equity market but I still see many others which are> 
      priced far beyond any reasonable common sense. All is doom and 
      gloom> now .. people are simply sick of the stock market. Shorters 
      are> thinking it can't end and fear is rampant. Not saying we are 
      at a> bottom but the signals are beginning to light up.> 
      > Good trading,> > Bob> > At 12:51 PM 
      7/13/2002 +1000, you wrote:> > > What about the ageing 
      population? In my mind this is what is going> > to keep the 
      stock market down for years.> > Bonds , Annuity income and low 
      risk returns will be king. Risk> > aversion and wealth 
      protection are the key, not> > wealth creation , particularly 
      when we talk about the masses.> >> > Infernal Elk 
      wrote:> >> >>> >> john, if you look at 
      the major averages since march 2000, you> >> might> 
      >> say that we've ALREADY been in a bear market for at least 2 
      years.> >> so> >> the low end of the duration 
      you cite (9 months) is already out of the> >> 
      question.> >>> >> apart from reciting a bunch of 
      statistics, what are you saying here?> >> what "odds" are you 
      referring to? what period(s) are you> >> comparing> 
      >> against?> >>> >> - *lk> 
      >>> >>> >>> >> 
      >>> >> >> I can not comment on the DJIA forecast 
      but I do know this:> >> >>> >>> 
      >> >>> >> >> 6/3/92 to 6/3/02> 
      >> >>> >>> >> >>> 
      >> >> DJIA went from 3,406.99 to 9,709.79 or up 185% 
      annualized at> >> >> 11.04%> >> 
      >>> >>> >> >>> >> 
      >> Nas went from 589.93 to 1,562.56 or up 164.8% annualized 
      at> >> >> 10.23%> >> >>> 
      >>> >> >>> >> >> S&P 500 
      went from 414.59 to 1040.68 or up 151.01%> >> >> 
      annualized at 9.64%> >> >>> >>> 
      >> >>> >> >> Wilshire 500 went from 
      4,024.34 to 9,865.09 or up 145.14%> >> >> 
      annualized> >> >> at 9.38%> >> 
      >>> >>> >> >>> >> 
      >> Inflation [CPI] went from 140.20 to 179.80 or up 28.25%> 
      >> >> annualized at> >> >> 2.52%> 
      >> >>> >>> >> >>> 
      >> >> It is entirely within some realm of possibility that the 
      worst> >> >> case> >> >> scenario on 
      the DJIA may play out but one must look at the odds.> >> 
      >> >From> >> >> studies I recall major bear 
      markets can last up to 17 years and we> >> >> have not 
      had too many of those. Most recent bear markets have been> >> 
      >> of> >> >> shorter duration as low as 9 months 
      to 3 years.> >> >>> >>> >> 
      >>> >> >> When pessimism is that great it is an 
      extreme. There are 3> >> >> things I> >> 
      >> have learned that I think apply here.> >> 
      >>> >>> >> >>> >> 
      >> 1. Do not fight the Fed> >> >>> 
      >>> >> >>> >> >> 2. Do not 
      fight the trend> >> >>> >>> 
      >> >>> >> >> 3. Beware the crowd at 
      extremes.> >> >>> >>> >> 
      >>> >> >> I give credit to Wachovia for the bulk 
      of this info.> >> >>> >>> >> 
      >>> >> >> Sincerely,> >> 
      >>> >>> >> >>> >> 
      >> John> >> >>> >>> 
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      6Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 08:25:23 -0600From: Charles Marchand 
      <c_r@xxxxxxxxx>Subject: Re: 
      10 Year Stock Market PerspectiveIn '74-'75 the NYSE ran sidebar 
      ads in Time and Newsweek with the caption "Anybody who would by stocks 
      now must be crazy...like a fox". At the bottom of the bar was a 
      grinning fox. When the exchanges are begging for business, we'll have 
      a bottom.All best,Charles MarchandAt 10:02 AM 7/13/2002 -0400, 
      you wrote:>I don't think we can make a bottom until the investing 
      public identifies>an alternative to the stock market. There is 
      still too much latent>optimism to stock prices for a real long term 
      bottom to form. What do I>mean by latent optimism? A good example 
      is the use of long term returns>in excess of fixed income returns 
      (ie, 'higher' equity-based returns) in>the assumptions used by 
      corporate pension funds. IOW, we don't hit a>long term bottom until 
      bonds are again seen as safer than stocks.>>The growing 
      federal deficit may help bring this to pass, as increasing>debt 
      raises LT interest rates while hurting corporate 
      earnings.>>Another problem in making a bottom in the US is 
      the poor economic>performance in the rest of the world. For all the 
      excitement caused by>the return to parity between the euro and the 
      dollar, the reality here>in Europe is that the economy sucks. The 
      situation here is much worse>than in the US, with less flexibility 
      to find a solution. The rest of>the world is providing little help, 
      except maybe South Korea. The kind>of scenario we need to really 
      bottom in the US is for a dramatic surge>in confidence in places 
      like Turkey, Russia and China. Otherwise, too>much foreign money 
      will stay invested 
      here.>>JMHO>DanG>________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Message: 
      7Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 10:54:55 -0400 (EDT)From: John Cappello 
      <jvc689@xxxxxxx>Subject: 10 
      Year Stock Market PerspectiveBondo,Agree with all of the 
      comments made. It was inserted as part of the Wachovia source 
      disseratation in which no new committments were being made yet.The 
      source is heavily in bonds, cash and prior Blue Chip investments which 
      they expect to turn.While this is a more laborious bear, one would 
      be foolish to sell untainted sound companies which usually recover. 
      Such was the case for me in 1987. While there is little parallel 
      between then and now, I did well with covered calls and am doing the 
      same now in isolated cases.As a fact my commodity trading has 
      not been hit at all compared to my general portfolio. But there are 
      enough extremists out there that it is just a matter of time for a 
      turn. The Fed is OK and follow the trend [short for now where 
      indicated].Lastly, one of the worst ten year periods [not the 
      worst perhaps but bad enough]a mutual fund family I selected 
      demonstrated terrific resiliency on a ten year performance 1970 to 
      1980 withdrawing 7% per year and winding up with capital far greater 
      than initially 
      invested.Sincerely,John------------------ 
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      Re: [RT] 10 Year Stock Market PerspectiveDate: 07/13/2002 
      05:12am> >>> 1. Do not fight the FedAll 
      the monetary aggregates are significantly lower since Dec 2001. > 
      >>>> >> >>> 2. Do not fight the 
      trendThe trend is clearly down for the past 2 and a half years. In 
      fact the SPX and NDX haven't been this low since 1997. That's half of 
      the 10 year pespective.> >>>> >> 
      >>> 3. Beware the crowd at extremes.Everyone is still 
      looking to buy. Although the VIX spiked a bit, the put/calls really 
      haven't done much. Are any of the high profile gurus (Biggs, AJCohen, 
      Galvin, Stack, Harding, etc) bearish here? 
      Nope.--- In <A 
      href="mailto:realtraders@xxxx,";>realtraders@xxxx, sue crew 
      <screwy@xxxx> wrote:> What about the ageing population? In my 
      mind this is what is going to > keep the stock market down for 
      years.> Bonds , Annuity income and low risk returns will be king. 
      Risk aversion > and wealth protection are the key, not> 
      wealth creation , particularly when we talk about the masses.> 
      > Infernal Elk wrote:> > >john, if you look at the 
      major averages since march 2000, you might> >say that we've 
      ALREADY been in a bear market for at least 2 years. so> >the 
      low end of the duration you cite (9 months) is already out of 
      the> >question.> >> >apart from reciting 
      a bunch of statistics, what are you saying here?> >what 
      "odds" are you referring to? what period(s) are you comparing> 
      >against? > >> >- *lk> >> 
      >> >>> I can not comment on the DJIA forecast but I do 
      know this:> >>>> >> >>> 6/3/92 
      to 6/3/02> >>>> >> >>> DJIA went 
      from 3,406.99 to 9,709.79 or up 185% annualized at 11.04%> 
      >>>> >> >>> Nas went from 589.93 to 
      1,562.56 or up 164.8% annualized at 10.23%> 
      >>>> >> >>> S&P 500 went from 
      414.59 to 1040.68 or up 151.01% annualized at 9.64%> 
      >>>> >> >>> Wilshire 500 went from 
      4,024.34 to 9,865.09 or up 145.14% annualized > >>> at 
      9.38%> >>>> >> >>> Inflation 
      [CPI] went from 140.20 to 179.80 or up 28.25% annualized at > 
      >>> 2.52%> >>>> >> >>> 
      It is entirely within some realm of possibility that the worst case 
      > >>> scenario on the DJIA may play out but one must look 
      at the odds. From > >>> studies I recall major bear 
      markets can last up to 17 years and we > >>> have not 
      had too many of those. Most recent bear markets have been of > 
      >>> shorter duration as low as 9 months to 3 years.> 
      >>>> >> >>> When pessimism is that 
      great it is an extreme. There are 3 things I > >>> 
      have learned that I think apply here.> >>>> 
      >> >>> 1. Do not fight the Fed> 
      >>>> >> >>> 2. Do not fight the 
      trend> >>>> >> >>> 3. Beware the 
      crowd at extremes.> >>>> >> >>> 
      I give credit to Wachovia for the bulk of this info.> 
      >>>> >> >>> Sincerely,> 
      >>>> >> >>> John> 
      >>>> >> >> >> >> 
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      8Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 11:00:21 -0400 (EDT)From: John Cappello 
      <jvc689@xxxxxxx>Subject: 10 
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      9Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 11:40:41 EDTFrom: <A 
      href="mailto:xinos@xxxxxxx";>xinos@xxxxxxxSubject: Re: 10 Year 
      Stock Market PerspectiveDan,Been reading your comments for 
      quite a while. You are one of the few who seem to use simple common 
      sense re: the market.I've been a Magee/Edwards fan since the late 
      1960's, and a 'serious' stock investor for the past five years. During 
      the last five years, I have bought jillions of books, and dozens of 
      software programs. I experimented with Options and Stocks only. 
      Currently, the software programs I use are AIQ and Advanced Get. I 
      lean more heavily on AIQ.My holding period tendencies lean probably 
      more toward intermediate (two to six months) time-wise.Risk-wise, 
      I'm not afraid to 'let it all hang out!"I know this is a very private 
      and personal industry. I also know that noone in his right mind would 
      reveal to strangers what he worked very hard to achieve with his own 
      methods of investing. That is the reality of investing.However, since 
      you apparently make so much sense to my own way of thinking, perhaps 
      you can advise me as to your favorite:+ Software+ Books you 
      like/own.+ Publications you read daily/weekly.+ Any other 
      research/methods you would like to share.Please accept my thanks for 
      any info you can transfer to me. I can also understand if you're not 
      willing to share any of the above. It's ok. I can accept any 
      reluctance.Dan Nicholas; San Diego, Ca.[This message 
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      10Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 12:19:16 -0400 (EDT)From: John Cappello 
      <jvc689@xxxxxxx>Subject: 
      Promised " Cappello" numbersThese numbers had to be slightly 
      modified in order to comply with Copyrite laws. The modification made 
      little change in performance when properly applied. The source for the 
      exact numbers is The Trader Handbook, if you are so inclined to search 
      its current availability and cost. No promise of performance is made 
      or implied.While decent, I was never able to duplicate the 67% 
      consistency in the manual which was based upon a small sample.Likewise 
      the calculations are similar to those used by many for Pivot points 
      and the like.First calculate Resistance :Level 5 = 
      Previous day high divided by previous day low multiplied by previous 
      day settletment.R5Level 4 = [Previous day high divided by previous 
      day low] plus 1 and that quantity divided by 2 and then multiplied by 
      previous day settlement. R4Level 3 = Same as Level 4 except 
      plus 3 and divide by 4. R3Level 2 = Same as Level 4 except plus 5 
      and divide by 6. R2Level 1 = Same as Level 4 except plus 10 and 
      divide by 11. R1Corresponding Support Calculations:Level 5 
      = R5 - previous day settlement= X5 then Previous day settlement - X5. 
      S5Level 4 = R4 - previous day settlement= X4 then Previous day 
      settlement - X4. S4Level 3 = R3 - previous day settlement= X3 
      then Previous day settlement - X3. S3Level 2 = R2 - previous 
      day settlement= X2 then Previous day settlement - X2. S2Level 
      1 = R1 - previous day settlement= X1 then Previous day settlement -X1. 
      S1Key Points also modified for legality and via my 
      observations.A. One will make a decision to day trade any future 
      contract purely on how its volatility was the day before.While this is 
      simply the difference between the high and low, there are volatility 
      point values that are given in the manual that I can not legally give 
      here. Needless to say you each can select high volatility days 
      intuitively in observing various heavily traded indices and 
      bonds.B. One usually uses Level 3 and 4 to trade. The other Levels 
      can come into play and experience will guide you.C. The market 
      must open between Level 3 R and S. One sells at Level 3 R and sets 
      stop at level 4. One buys at Level 3 S and sets stop at Level 4 
      S.D. There are many times when you can hit both sides of the 
      trade.E. If the market opens outside the range and then returns to 
      it, there is disgression whether you take the trade. I generally would 
      not since the Rule has been violated . Others think 
      differently.F. I generally use the number 10 as a break out 
      signal. That is if the market opens 10 points above Resistance 4 it is 
      a buy signal or if 10 points below Support 4 it is a sell signal.If 
      you observe it, you may choose what you thinks works.For 
      complete understanding, one should purchase the manual...but this 
      outline is a good idea on how they work and if you are even 
      interested.It took too much of my time to do this and various 
      programs I had attempted to have built were never pure to the rules 
      and 
      calculations.John________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Message: 
      11Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 12:40:35 -0400From: Daniel Goncharoff 
      <<A 
      href="mailto:thegonch@xxxxxxxxxx";>thegonch@xxxxxxxxxx>Subject: 
      Re: 10 Year Stock Market Perspective<A 
      href="mailto:xinos@xxxxxxx";>xinos@xxxxxxx wrote:> > 
      Dan,> Been reading your comments for quite a while. You are one 
      of> the few who seem to use simple common sense re: the 
      market.If that is a compliment, then I humbly thank 
      you...> I've been a Magee/Edwards fan since the late 1960's, 
      and aOne heavy book, weight-wise, but worth the read.> 
      'serious' stock investor for the past five years. During the last> 
      five years, I have bought jillions of books, and dozens of 
      software> programs. I experimented with Options and Stocks only. 
      Currently,> the software programs I use are AIQ and Advanced Get. I 
      lean more> heavily on AIQ.> My holding period tendencies 
      lean probably more toward> intermediate (two to six months) 
      time-wise.Looks like you are investing rather than trading. Two 
      different kettlesof fish. (Where does that 'kettle of fish' phrase 
      come from anyway?!)Until recently, I never was able to trade 
      options successfully. Now thatoptions are fully electronic, I find I 
      can trade them, except close toexpiry, when my judgment goes haywire. 
      This week, I will close out Julyexpirys ASAP , and all new positions 
      will be in Augs.> Risk-wise, I'm not afraid to 'let it all hang 
      out!"> I know this is a very private and personal industry. I 
      also> know that noone in his right mind would reveal to strangers 
      what he> worked very hard to achieve with his own methods of 
      investing. That> is the reality of investing.I am glad you 
      said this. I would never reveal exactly how I trade here,if only 
      because I don't wish to be fodder for those who think knockingthe 
      contributions of others is the same as contributing themselves. I 
      amhappy to discuss trading 'from a distance'.> However, 
      since you apparently make so much sense to my own way> of thinking, 
      perhaps you can advise me as to your favorite:> + SoftwareI 
      use Real Tick for data. I look at about 35 stocks in detail 
      eachmorning. I like looking at all graphs, from ST intraday to weekly, 
      onone screen; it is hard to get too enthusiastic about a ST 
      buyingopportunity when the longer term charts are clearly negative. 
      Helps keepthings in perspective. Also, the longer charts are sources 
      for targetsfor shorter term trades.> + Books you 
      like/own.Frankly I have learned a lot more about trading from this 
      list,including from some ex-contributors that were forced off for no 
      betterreason than, apparently, a preference of some participants on 
      this listto censor people rather than use the delete key, than I ever 
      learnedfrom any book. The books that everyone should read 
      are:Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds 
      (Mackay 1841)Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (Lefevre 
      1923)Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits (Fisher 1958)If you 
      want something more contemporary, try ChangeWave Investing 2.0(Smith 
      2001)> + Publications you read daily/weekly.I am in 
      Europe, so I buy the FT two or three days a week, mainly for 
      thecompetition crossword. I subscribe to the WSJOnline, and read 
      Barronsevery week. (Not because Barrons is always right, but in a 
      world whereCNBC 'complains' they can't run negative stories because 
      they get hatemail, Barron's has no fear of being laughed at, or 
      threatened.) I usebriefing.com to keep up on what's moving the 
      market.> + Any other research/methods you would like to 
      share.In trading, it isn't how you play the game, it's whether you 
      win orlose.If you can't sleep at night because you're nervous, 
      your positions aretoo risky. If you can't sleep at night because 
      you're anxious, you'reprobably over-trading. Trade to win, but trade 
      to sleep.I think part of the secret is to find a technique that 
      suits you, andthen become an expert in it. Everything else is money 
      management.RegardsDanG> Please accept my thanks for 
      any info you can transfer to me. I> can also understand if you're 
      not willing to share any of the above.> It's ok. I can accept any 
      reluctance.> > Dan Nicholas; San Diego, Ca.> Yahoo! 
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      12Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 12:08:14 -0500From: "Shawn Jones2" <<A 
      href="mailto:shawnjones2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>shawnjones2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>Subject: 
      s&p 500 list of stocks with capitalizationAnyone know of a 
      list showing the 500 stocks of the s&p 500 and what percenteach 
      stock is currently contributing to the index. I've been able to find 
      alist with the top 10 but I'd like to go a little deeper say the top 
      50.thanks,shawn________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Message: 
      13Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 10:21:02 -0700From: "Gary Funck" <<A 
      href="mailto:gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx";>gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Subject: RE: 
      s&p 500 list of stocks with capitalization> 
      -----Original Message-----> From: Shawn Jones2 [<A 
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      Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 10:08 AM> To: <A 
      href="mailto:realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
      Subject: [RT] s&p 500 list of stocks with capitalization> 
      > > Anyone know of a list showing the 500 stocks of the 
      s&p 500 and what percent> each stock is currently contributing 
      to the index. I've been able to find a> list with the top 10 but 
      I'd like to go a little deeper say the top 50.> > 
      Here's a handy index component listing:<A 
      href="http://www.cboe.com/OptProd/index_comp.asp";>http://www.cboe.com/OptProd/index_comp.asp________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Message: 
      14Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 13:27:36 -0400 (EDT)From: John Cappello 
      <jvc689@xxxxxxx>Subject: ] 
      s&p 500 list of stocks with capitalizationGary ,Good 
      link. Amazing to see GE constitute 3 % by weight. With it so far off 
      its highs, it is no wonder the S&P is struggling with everything 
      else.John------------------ Reply Separator 
      --------------------Originally From: "Gary Funck" <<A 
      href="mailto:gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx";>gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Subject: RE: 
      [RT] s&p 500 list of stocks with capitalizationDate: 07/13/2002 
      10:21am> -----Original Message-----> From: 
      Shawn Jones2 [<A 
      href="mailto:shawnjones2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>mailto:shawnjones2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]> 
      Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 10:08 AM> To: <A 
      href="mailto:realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
      Subject: [RT] s&p 500 list of stocks with capitalization> 
      > > Anyone know of a list showing the 500 stocks of the 
      s&p 500 and what percent> each stock is currently 
      contributing to the index. I've been able to find a> list with 
      the top 10 but I'd like to go a little deeper say the top 50.> 
      > Here's a handy index component listing:<A 
      href="http://www.cboe.com/OptProd/index_comp.asp";>http://www.cboe.com/OptProd/index_comp.asp------------------------ 
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      15Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 14:24:58 -0400 (EDT)From: John Cappello 
      <jvc689@xxxxxxx>Subject: 10 
      Year Stock Market PerspectiveDear Gary,I can not speak for 
      Bob, but FSH and AD are just 2 of many 15 PE'sh stocks with average 
      annual income growth of 20% or more. I am sure a more specific screen 
      would show many more...though they are not in the 
      majority.John------------------ Reply Separator 
      --------------------Originally From: "Gary Funck" <<A 
      href="mailto:gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx";>gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Subject: RE: 
      [RT] 10 Year Stock Market PerspectiveDate: 07/12/2002 
      11:12pmBob wrote (in part):With each passing week, I see 
      more and more truly good values in the equitymarket but I still 
      see many others which are priced far beyond any reasonablecommon 
      sense.Would you please name a few stocks that you feel offer good 
      value at this pointin time? I've read they're out there, but when 
      I look for them, it seems to methat the quality stocks are still 
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      16Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 19:25:45 -0000From: "IBe98765" <<A 
      href="mailto:ibe98765@xxxxxxxxx";>ibe98765@xxxxxxxxx>Subject: 
      Good article from Multex<A 
      href="http://dai.multexinvestor.com/article.asp?docid=9667";>http://dai.multexinvestor.com/article.asp?docid=9667The 
      Earnings Contrarian Out of the casino 2002-07-12 How to profit 
      from widespread misuse of earnings information by Marc H. 
      Gerstein, Director of Investment Research Visions and 
      revisionsBefore diving into the topic at hand--contrarian 
      approaches to earnings information--I have a confession to make: I'm 
      no seer. I can't tell you what any company will earn in the next 
      quarter or the next year. And I'm not alone. If analysts could really 
      foretell earnings, estimate revisions would be the exception, not the 
      rule. (Note that whatever I say regarding analysts' ability to 
      forecast applies equally to the corporate executives who guide them.) 
      But as of this writing, our database has current quarter earnings 
      estimates for 3,853 companies--and fully 84 percent of them have been 
      tweaked at least once over the past three months. So, in fact, changes 
      to earnings estimates are the rule, not the 
      exception.What analysis can tell usDespite my 
      limitations as a fortune teller, I can tell you confidently that next 
      month will be August. That's not a matter of knowing the future in 
      advance. It's an assumption based on what I know about the present and 
      past, including the fact that our culture agreed a long time ago that 
      we'd mark the passage of time according to specific conventions and 
      that at the end of the period we call July, a new period we agreed 
      would be called August will commence. The facts that underlie my 
      assumption are exceptionally stable; there's no advocacy whatsoever 
      for changing the way we mark time. That's why I can say, without 
      looking like a Cable TV psychic, that next month will be 
      August.We do something similar when we predict corporate 
      earnings--although the assumptions we use are far less stable. We 
      recognize that we can't know ahead of time what will happen. But we 
      can and do analyze the past and present in such a way as to enable us 
      to make reasonable assumptions about what will happen down the road. I 
      may look at a housing-related company and study the way ebbs and flows 
      of consumer spending, savings rates, mortgage rates, population etc. 
      have impacted its sales in the past. I could then say, given what we 
      expect from the indicators going forward, I predict the company will 
      generate revenues equal to such-and-such. It's not necessary that the 
      historic relationships be stable. I may note that over time, the 
      company is generating more revenue from a particular set of economic 
      conditions than it did when comparable conditions prevailed at 
      earlier points in time. That might lead me to forecast the company 
      will do better in this business cycle than in earlier ones. 
      Naturally, I can make expense-related assumptions by engaging in a 
      similar process. How much of a workforce has the company historically 
      needed to support a particular level of sales activity (and are these 
      relationship improving or deteriorating)? What is the inflation 
      picture? How much raw material is needed, and what cost issues are 
      observable?I may have a good handle on the facts upon which 
      these assumptions rest, so I may be confident in my forecast. But as 
      good as I might feel in such a situation, I know for sure that the 
      underlying facts are not nearly as stable as those which underlie my 
      assumption that next month will be August. How volatile are my facts? 
      That depends. For some companies in some industries, the volatility is 
      modest. For others, it's huge. (If you want to see how huge, send a 
      resume to a brokerage firm and tell them you want to be an airline 
      analyst. Even the living legend Warren Buffett once attributed a poor 
      airline investment to "a case of sloppy analysis.")Part of the 
      factual instability issue rests on the business cycle. Remember my 
      housing stock example. I mentioned a variety of economic indicators 
      I'd need to utilize. In fact, these are the end results of a different 
      sort of forecasting process engaged in by another profession, 
      economics. Economists will tell you it's a lot easier to forecast when 
      things are following a regular trend. But when the trend is abnormal, 
      as it is during downturns, it's very hard for them to get a confident 
      handle on the facts that underlie their assumptions.What 
      you're seeingMany in the market today are, or at least were, 
      spoiled. They got into it somewhere during the course of what was a 
      nearly 20-year bull market. We had some trend breaks along the way. 
      But on the whole, a certain set of trends was in place far more often 
      than it was out of place. So many got the idea that forecasting was 
      easy. Analysts were expected to predict earnings to the penny; if not, 
      something was badly wrong. Companies were expected to give perfectly 
      accurate guidance; if they didn't something was badly 
      wrong.Guess what. That was a fairy tale; a nice fairy tale, I'll 
      admit, and a pretty long one, but a fairy tale nonetheless. Now, we're 
      all getting hit with a harsh dose of reality. Forecasting earnings is 
      never a simple process, not for the analysts, nor for the executives 
      who guide them. Bull markets are great for making life look easier 
      than it really is. We had one for a long time. Now, we 
      don't.The result is that many are getting increasingly angry, 
      distressed, and downright frantic about all these negative surprises 
      and revisions. And many are reacting the only way they know how: by 
      selling stocks. The fact that some corporate insiders allegedly tried 
      to prolong the fairy tale with improper accounting adds to the 
      negative sentiment.It doesn't have to be this wayHere 
      is the most important thing you will ever learn about stock analysis. 
      You do not, I repeat, do not have to sell when earnings disappoint, 
      nor do you have to buy when earnings come in above 
      expectations.Company valuation is a complex and fascinating 
      topic and I touched on it in a series of articles last winter. (Visit 
      our Education Home Page to see links to these articles.) Earnings are, 
      of course, extremely important, but in all cases, we're talking about 
      a stream of earnings that persists over a prolonged period. And given 
      that we're talking about the great unknown, we recognized that 
      imprecision is inevitable (and discussed how models requiring 
      precision fell into disuse). Moreover, we're never talking about a 
      single quarter. And to the extent we label an earnings trend good, 
      bad, or neutral, you can bet we're not doing so based on whether the 
      numbers match analyst/company predictions.Business cycles can 
      be unpleasant. But like death and taxes, business cycles are a regular 
      part of life. We can prolong the good and minimize the bad, but the 
      world still has not found a way to abolish the cycle. This has a vital 
      implication for investors. Companies, even the best of companies, will 
      perform badly form time to time.The cycle isn't the only obstacle. 
      Sometimes, a company will perform badly, even though conditions are 
      good, because it makes a mistake. Yes, companies make business errors 
      from time to time, even the best of the best.If you seek 
      companies that never experience a bad spells and never give guidance 
      that turns out to be faulty, my advice is to stick CDs, because you 
      are going to wind up flitting about from one stock to the next never 
      finding what you want and continually selling low when reality rears 
      its head. And there's just so much of this you can do before you find 
      your portfolio getting dangerously close to zero. Before you buy a 
      stock, it's important that your level of conviction about the company 
      extend way beyond whether or not you think it can "hit its numbers" 
      over the next quarter or two. The misguided notion that companies 
      ought to always get it right--or be punished when they don't--stems 
      from an earnings momentum style that became increasingly prominent 
      after the 1960s. The idea was to buy shares of companies that are 
      doing well and avoid those that aren't. The system, although 
      theoretically ridiculous--it made no allowance for valuation--actually 
      worked very well for a long time. Shares of companies with good 
      earnings trends performed a bit better than the market averages, and 
      shares of companies with weak earnings momentum underperformed the 
      market. Investors who were good at figuring out which companies and/or 
      industries were likely to experience especially good or bad earnings 
      momentum tended to thrive.The system cracked in the late 1990s, 
      and has since crumbled under the weight of its own success. Too many 
      investors did the same things with the same stocks at the same time in 
      response to the same earnings news. Now, companies whose earnings are 
      weak don't see their shares "underperform." Instead, these shares are 
      trounced, stomped, and pilloried--to the point where valuations are so 
      far out of proportion to underlying fundamental merit that it would be 
      laughable if the pain of the style's ill-advised adherents weren't so 
      real, and wide-spread.That alone would be bad enough. But in 
      fact, today's reality is much worse. At first, the momentum game was 
      based on the most recently reported set of numbers. Then, as Wall 
      Street research departments grew in size and competence, the gem 
      turned its focus away from the recent numbers toward expectations for 
      the next set of results. And then, it really careened over the edge by 
      comparing earnings, less to the overall trend, and more to estimates. 
      Companies that do well see their shares get hammered if they do less 
      well than analysts expect. Companies with rotten numbers get rewarded 
      if their numbers are less dreadful than analysts feared. If this 
      strikes you as more of a casino (where you gain or lose chips 
      depending on whether earnings predictions are accurate or inaccurate) 
      than an investment market, I'd say you are correct.You can 
      succeedThe above may sound depressing. But if you think about it, 
      you can't buy low and sell high unless somebody out there is selling 
      low. (And you can't sell high unless you can find someone else willing 
      to buy high.)We're now in our quarterly earnings season, the 
      time when companies release earnings for the latest quarter. This is a 
      time when investors who play the casino game overreact to the things 
      they hear. (For the record, the numbers to be reported will, for the 
      most part, cover the quarter that ended 6/30/02. But most of the 
      action in the stocks will be based on guidance relating to the 
      upcoming 9/30/.02 period.) Considering where we are in the 
      business/market cycle, a lot of these overreactions are likely to be 
      on the down side. That means you're going to get a lot of chances to 
      buy low. And you'll often find yourself forced to decide whether or 
      not you should sell low. My suggestion: do the former, avoid the 
      latter.This does not mean you should naively buy or hold every 
      stock that gets hammered due to bad earnings news (or guidance). What 
      it means is that you should step back, take a deep breath, and do a 
      calm, objective analysis. If things feel too hectic on reporting day, 
      then wait a bit. Stock investing is far more contemplative than 
      Hollywood would have you believe. Pardon the pun, but you'd be amazed 
      at how often you can be burned by things that are hot off the press. 
      Cool down, then do your homework. By all means, pay attention 
      to the earnings information. But do not worry about whether it met or 
      exceeded expectations. Compare the earnings to the company's overall 
      fundamental picture, with an eye toward determining whether the 
      problem is transitory or potentially permanent. If the latter looks 
      like the case, then sell or avoid the shares. But if the situation is 
      just temporary, wait it out. I've seen all the nonsense about how it 
      takes a 100 percent gain to offset a 50 percent loss. Anybody who has 
      any reasonable level of experience in investing knows full well that 
      these supposedly rare 100 percent-plus recovery gains happen quite 
      often. All you have to do is peruse price charts to see it.If 
      you study analysts research reports, look for whether the theme is 
      "if" or "when." The dangerous situation is where the analyst has 
      serious reservations about the "if" question. But if the analyst is 
      bothered by issues of "when," that is an encouraging 
      signal.This is not a new or innovative way to use earnings 
      information. It's the way we're supposed to use it; as an updated 
      report card and a prompt to focus our attention on key bigger-picture 
      questions. The other, more common, way to use earnings data (as the 
      functional equivalent of a roulette ball falling into the slot that 
      tells you whether you won or lost your expectations wager) is the 
      aberration. Successful investors recognize the difference, and tend to 
      stick to the 
      basics.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Marc 
      H. Gerstein joined Market Guide in 1999 as Director of Investment 
      Research.He started working as an equity analyst in 1980 and 
      covered stocks spanning a wide variety of groups including Household 
      Products, Retail, Restaurant, Hotel/Gaming, Media, Natural Resources, 
      Homebuilding, Conglomerates, and Transportation. He also managed a 
      high-yield bond mutual fund and conducted seminars teaching investors 
      how to select stocks using screening 
      software.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Message: 
      17Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 15:56:15 EDTFrom: <A 
      href="mailto:SLAWEKP@xxxxxxx";>SLAWEKP@xxxxxxxSubject: for Hurst 
      cycle loverscheck interview with Richard Mogey<A 
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      18Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 13:40:19 -0700From: "Gary Funck" <<A 
      href="mailto:gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx";>gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Subject: what 
      risk premium is "normal"?There's been a lot of discussion in 
      the press, and elsewhere regarding thispaper, penned by Arnott and 
      Bernstein.I was able to find it online via SSRN (570KB):<A 
      href="http://papers2.ssrn.com/sol3/delivery.taf?24038&_UserReference=FB534036A2488C79";>http://papers2.ssrn.com/sol3/delivery.taf?24038&_UserReference=FB534036A2488C793D3084F9SSRN 
      has a wealth of info, if only I had time to read it all. :)I find 
      it interesting that only now these valuation articles are coming out 
      inthe refereed journals. Some of the articles that I've seen were 
      authored in2000!, but are filtering out only now. With the market 
      down, I guess it is moresocially 
      acceptable----------------------------------What Risk 
      Premium Is "Normal"?Robert D. ArnottManaging PartnerFirst 
      Quadrant, L.P.Peter L. BernsteinPresident of Peter L. Bernstein, 
      Inc.Consulting Editor at The Journal of Portfolio 
      ManagementIntroductionWe are in an industry that 
      thrives on the expedient of forecasting the futurebyextrapolating 
      the past. As a consequence, investors have grown accustomed tothe 
      ideathat stocks "normally" produce an 8% real return and a 5% risk 
      premium overbonds,compounded annually over many decades.1 Why? 
      Because long-term historicalreturnshave been in this range, with 
      impressive consistency. Because investors seethese samelong-term 
      historical numbers, year after year, these expectations are 
      nowembedded intothe collective psyche of the investment 
      community.2Both figures are unrealistic from current market levels. 
      Few have acknowledgedthat animportant part of the lofty real 
      returns of the past has stemmed from risingvaluationlevels and 
      from high dividend yields which have since diminished. As thisarticle 
      willdemonstrate, the long-term forward-looking risk premium is nowhere 
      near the 5%of thepast; indeed, it may well be near-zero today, 
      perhaps even negative. Crediblestudies, inthe US and overseas, are 
      now challenging this flawed conventional view, 
      inwellresearchedstudies by Claus and Thomas [2001] and Fama and 
      French [2000, WorkingPaper], to name just two. 3 Similarly, the 
      long-term forward-looking realreturn fromstocks is nowhere near 
      history's 8%. Our argument will show that, barringunprecedented 
      economic growth or unprecedented growth in earnings as apercentage 
      ofthe economy, real stock returns will probably be roughly 2-4%, 
      similar tobonds. Indeed,even this low real return figure assumes 
      that current near-record valuationlevels are"fair," and likely to 
      remain this high in the years ahead. "Reversion to themean" 
      wouldpush future real returns lower still.Furthermore, if we 
      examine the historical record, neither the 8% real returnnor the 
      5%risk premium for stocks relative to government bonds has ever been a 
      realisticexpectation, except from major market bottoms or at times of 
      crisis, such aswartime.Should investors require an 8% real return, 
      or should a 5% risk premium benecessary toinduce an investor to 
      bear stock market risk? These returns and risk premiumsare sogrand 
      that investors should perhaps have bid them away a long time ago 
      -indeed, theymay have done so in the immense bull market of 
      1982-1999.Intuition suggests that investors should not require such 
      outsize returns, andthe historicalevidence supports this view. 
      This is a topic meriting careful exploration.After all,according 
      to the Ibbotson data, stock market investors earned 8% real returnsand 
      stockshave outpaced bonds by over 5% over the past 75 years. So, why 
      shouldn'tinvestorshave expected these returns in the past and why 
      shouldn't they continue to doso?Expressed in a slightly different 
      way, we examine two questions. First, can wederive anobjective 
      estimate of what investors should have had good reasons to 
      haveexpected inthe past? And, why should we expect less in the 
      future than we've earned in thepast?[...][This message 
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      19Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 13:44:14 -0700From: "Gary Funck" <<A 
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      what risk premium is "normal"?Sorry about that 500K attachment. I 
      meant to remove it but 
      forgot.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Your 
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